This year I taught the toughest student in twenty-five years. She had been to eleven foster homes by the time she turned ten, and I understood why she didn't trust adults and their rules.
If you have ever had a child who struggled with behavior, you know that you need to document several interventions and their results. One of the strategies I had some success with was an If...Then...chart.
I wrote sticky-notes like these each day for awhile and it fit in well with my overall classroom management plan. To read more about how I implemented them and to download a free copy of my overall classroom management plan, please visit this post at Artistry of Education.